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Dear Parents, Guardians and Families:

January 2020 Parent Newsletter

January 2020 Parent Newsletter

January Elementary Award Ceremony

The following students received virtue of “Fairness” for the month of January: AM- Parker Donovan PM- Eris Henry 1L- Evangeline Rousselle ½L- Lexine Evangelista 2G- Madelyn Ashmore 3S- Cowen Palmer…

Gr 7 Floating Tower Challenge

Gr 7's have been completing the Floating Tower Challenge. Students were only given 35 straws and one meter of tape! Students displayed the following objectives: a chance to work on a real world challenge…

Thank You to Repsol Oil & Gas Canada Inc

A big Thank You to Repsol Oil & Gas Canada Inc. for the $2000 donation that will be used for the Student Leadership hot dog machine and for the Fountas and Pinnell Literacy Teaching Kits to add to…

9 Fresh Scholarship Picks Just For You!

Scholartree weekly roundup!!   The Terry Fox Humanitarian Awards Deadline Jan.31st, 2020 Kin Canada Bursaries Deadline Jan.31st, 2020 Diversity Scholarship Deadline Feb.4th, 2020 Foundation Scholarships Deadline…

P.D. Day at the Multiplex

War of 1812

  The grade 7 students at Fox Creek School have been learning about many of the Canadian battles and wars of our past in Social Studies. ‘The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States…

Knowing Your Inner-Self

he Grade 8 class celebrated a Traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony  called (Chanoyu) on Wednesday January 22, 2020. Students have been learning about the history of Japan in Social Studies class, as one…

Fox Creek School Spiritwear

Fox Creek School Spiritwear USERNAME: foxcreek PASSWORD: spiritwear2020  

Kg. - Gr. 6 Parent-Teacher interviews

Wednesday Jan.29th 5:30 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.Login to https://www.schoolinterviews.ca/use event code tjprd

11 Fresh Scholarship Picks Just For You!

Scholartree weekly roundup!!   Voice Talent Online Scholarship Deadline Jan.30th, 2020 Mensa Canada Scholarship Deadline Jan.30th, 2020 EnergyRates.Ca Scholarship Deadline Jan.30th, 2020 The Terry…

ERA's Kids Poster Competition

Ms.White's Grade 4 class participated in ERA's ( Electronic Recycling Association) Poster Contest to promote the use of electronic waste and the negative impact it has on our environment. Each student…

Diploma Non-diploma, and PAT Exam Schedule

Your Voice Matters!!

Parents of students in Grades 4,7, and 10 will have a Accountability Pillar survey mailed to them. Please fill out the form by mail or online. We appreciate your cooperation in this.

Grade 3 & Grade 1 Buddies!

The Grade 3 class and joined classes to learn about music instruments from Ms. Slocum and then play some grade 1 math bump.

Grade 3 Stem Project!

Grade 3 Stem activity. Boys against girls in who can make the longest chain working as a team while meeting requirements. Boys won!

Save the Date!

March 20, 2020 trip to MacEwan University and Nait for grades 10 - 12 students.  Forms will come out at end of February.

5 Fresh Scholarship Picks Just For You!

Scholartree weekly roundup!!   Confident Writers Scholarship Essay Contest Deadline Jan.15th, 2020 Grammarly Product Review Contest Deadline Jan.15th, 2020 The Cover Guy Annual Scholarship Deadline…

Happy New Year

Happy New Year and welcome back to school! Students will be buzzing Monday as they have been away from classes for a little bit. We will be working on re-establishing routines as we get back on track…

Dear Parents:

Dear Parents:As a result of the cuts to funding for the education sector of the province, we as a school have made the following changes to how we are doing some of our business: 1. In order to cut costs…

Congrats!!

Congratulations to the junior girls basketball team on a well fought game, losing by 5 to Hilltop. The junior boys played well and are looking forward to Monday’s home game against Mayerthorpe. Come…

Christmas Dream Catchers

Huge Thank You to Deborah Lloyd for coming out to teach the Gr. 4-9 classes how to make Christmas Dream Catchers!

Green and Gold Getaway!

Green & Gold Getaway is an exclusive event open to Grade 11 students from across Alberta. Twenty lucky students will be selected to visit our North Campus in Edmonton from May 22-24,2020. This is an opportunity…

Thank You to Profoxx!!

Profoxx staff and Champ Team members greeted students this morning by the front doors with oranges, bananas and cheese sticks. The Profoxx staff also visited the elementary classrooms with the CHAMP Team!!…

Scholartree

Scholartree has shared Holiday Break Scholarships for our students to look into during the Christmas break. Not all awards will apply to all students. For students to get a list customized to them and…

Congrats Sr Girls and Boys Basketball Teams

Congratulations to the Fox Creek Senior Girls and Boys Basketball Teams on their tournament in Grimshaw on the weekend! All the athletes played hard! A big thank you to community volunteers Laura Camps…

Congratulations to Mrs. Hardy and Ms. Pretula

  Congratulations to Mrs. Hardy and Ms. Pretula for completing Level 1 VTRA Training. The North American Center for Threat Assessment and Trauma Response (NACTATR) provides a system to anticipate the…

Thank you to Ms Slocum's Grade 3 Class!!

The Staff Room is a little more festive this afternoon. The grade 3's are trying to fulfill a 24 day calendar of things to do. Today's thing was to do a selfless act so they decorated the staff room.…

Grade 8 Foods Class

The Grade 8 Foods class made some delicious looking gingerbread houses!!

Jr & Sr High Fundraiser for the Canada Uganda EMS…

Social studies classes in Sr. & Jr. High are doing a fundraiser for the Canada Uganda EMS Society (CUES), a local organization trying to bring basic medical emergency training to impoverished rural areas…

Impact of the Provincial Budget

Northern Gateway Public Schools is facing a budget shortfall this school year. While Maintenance and Transportation Funding will receive modest increases, the loss of Class Size, School Fee and Classroom…

Elementary Christmas Concert!!

Scholastic Book Fair

Dec.4th: 12:30pm-4pm & 5pm-8pm Dec.5th 9am-4pm

Virtue of Perseverance

Congratulations to these students for being nominated as best exemplifying the virtue of "Perseverance" during the month of November.

TUXIS Youth Parliament Opportunity

On behalf of MLA Todd Loewen, we’d like to share with your students a unique opportunity to participate in the TUXIS Youth Parliament, an annual event that occurs each December during the Christmas…

2020 non diploma High School exam and Grade 9 PAT…

Gr 7-12 Parent/Teacher Conferences

Gr 7-12 Parent/Teacher Conferences, Wednesday Dec. 4th from 5:30 PM-8 PM. Use the link to book your appointment.https://www.schoolinterviews.ca/code?code=g5nhx

ALICE- Alberta/Iceland International Research Partnership

Please read this article about the ALICE project: ALICE- Alberta/Iceland International Research Partnership

BAD DAYS DURING THE “HAPPIEST TIME OF YEAR”

Please take some time to read this article by Tammy Charko, the Northern Gateway Public School’s Student Support Facilitator.

Grade 3 Reading Buddies

Ms. Slocum's Grade 3 class paired up with Ms. Lewis's Grade 1/2 split class to spend some time reading with them last Friday!

Diploma Exams Schedule January 2020

Grade 3 Activities

Ms. Slocum's Grade 3 class made some Crystal creations, as well as mixed media creations of Peru!!

SCHOLARSHIP APPLICANTS WANTED FOR SUMMER 2020 ACTING…

 For the past 12 summers, Berridge Programs has been welcoming students from around the world to the Chateau le Mont Epinguet in Normandy, France to live in community, develop their unique talents and…

PJ/Popcorn Day

Local Mexican Lunch for the Grade 8 Class

    Today, November 15, 2019, the grade 8 class of Fox Creek School went down to Ernie O’s for a traditional taste of Spanish and Mexican dishes.   Aldie, manager of Ernie O’s has graciously invited…

QLE: The Heart of Teaching and Learning is Quality…

There are many supports in place to enhance the Quality Learning Environment (QLE) for NGPS students. Quality Pedagogy, or the practice of teaching, is a main focus, as it is the heart of teaching and…

Retake Photo Order Forms

Retake photo order forms must be back to the office by Nov.14th, thank you!

Encounters with Canada

Dylan Gilmour a grade 12 student at Fox Creek School will be traveling to Ottawa for Encounters With Canada November 10 to 16. We wish Dylan a good trip and look forward to hearing about his experience…

Remembrance Day at Fox Creek School

Today we celebrated Remembrance Day at Fox Creek School. It was a great event where students demonstrated true respect and remembrance in a variety of songs, poems, music and speeches. Well done students…